{"id":174035,"date":"2026-04-23T17:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/174035\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:10:10","slug":"pennsylvania-spca-shares-video-of-person-accused-of-ditching-litters-of-puppies-in-old-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/174035\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania SPCA shares video of person accused of ditching litters of puppies in Old City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/9t2k0kem0j2n3im6.jpg\" alt=\"Another litter of abandoned puppies discovered in Philly \" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/video\/fmc-jpq3cd14qb9x7fh6\" data-v-4292be72=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Another litter of abandoned puppies discovered in Philly <\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-4292be72=\"\">The Pennsylvania SPCA is investigating after a second litter of puppies was abandoned near North Bread and Arch streets in Old City on Saturday, April 18, according to the organization. This follows a similar case in December, when six puppies were left at a nearby parking garage.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">PHILADELPHIA &#8211; Animal welfare workers in Philadelphia are searching for a person who they believe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/news\/litter-puppies-found-abandoned-center-city-is-second-last-several-months\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">abandoned two litters of puppies months apart<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The Pennsylvania SPCA shared surveillance video they say shows the individual ditching the dogs in December and again in April.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Six puppies between 3 and 4-months-old were left behind in a parking lot near North Bread and Cherry streets just days after Christmas.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Newly released surveillance video from the Pennsylvania SPCA shows an individual placing a cardboard box on the ground near a parked car. The puppies were taken in by the SPCA and have since been adopted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Four months later, officials believe the same person ditched another litter of puppies near the same location in Old City. The suspect is seen walking down a cobblestone street carrying a plastic bin and dumping the puppies around a corner before walking away.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Witnesses reported as many as 13 puppies at the scene, but only seven were found when the Pennsylvania SPCA arrived. The puppies have since been given bread-related names like Croissant and Baguette since they were found on Bread Street.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Anyone who recognizes the man in the surveillance video is asked to contact the Pennsylvania SPCA&#8217;s Animal Curelty Hotline.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Pennsylvania SPCA CEO Julie Kim called the pattern of abandonment &#8220;deeply troubling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">&#8220;Seeing a pattern of abandoned litters discovered so close together is deeply troubling,&#8221; Kim said. &#8220;These puppies were left defenseless and completely dependent on the kindness of strangers to survive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/pets-animals\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pets and Animals<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/us\/pa\/philadelphia\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another litter of abandoned puppies discovered in Philly The Pennsylvania SPCA is investigating after a second litter of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[139,539,28,30,29,6683,69,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-174035","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-pa","10":"tag-pennsylvania","11":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","12":"tag-pennsylvania-news","13":"tag-pets-animals","14":"tag-philadelphia","15":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}